256 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



the roads. The same sort of flint flakes were found in the 

 Egyptian deserts everywhera on the surface, and the conclusion 

 had been arrived at that they had been broken by the great 

 change of temperature during the day and the night in that 

 climate, where the heat during the day was 200 degrees 

 Fahrenheit, and in the night the cold was below freezing point. 

 He (Mr. Whitley) believed paleolithic man to be a myth. The 

 theory had never been proved, and it would gradually fade 

 away as these shattered flint flakes became recognised as the 

 relics of a change of temperature, and more — as relics of the 

 great ice age, during which this country was covered with ice 

 2,000 feet thick. These flints were found in the subsoil with 

 the crushed quartz in the neighbourhood, and it was clear the 

 same action which crushed the one crushed the other, and they 

 had been washed down from the north of Ireland by the drift, 

 and crushed with the great masses of ice which passed over the 

 surface. 



The Eev.W. Iago hoped the suggestion, that a collection of 

 original writings by eminent Cornishmen should be made, would 

 not be lost sight of, and he trusted at their next meeting they 

 would hear more about the matter. 



The Rev. A. E. Tomlinson proposed the re-election of the 

 officers of the society, which was seconded by Mr. W. J. 

 Griddle, and carried. 



Mr. E. H. Carter proposed a vote of thanks to the 

 gentlemen who had given papers, and to the donors to the 

 library and museum. He hoped the proposed Trevithick 

 memorial, as shadowed forth by Dr. Barham, would soon be an 

 accomplished fact, so that their museum and library might 

 become still more worthy of the county. — The motion was 

 seconded by Mr. E. G. Spry, and carried. 



On the motion of Mr. Jefpery, seconded by Capt. Bryant, 

 a vote of thanks was passed to the President and to the Lord 

 Bishop for presiding, and the noble Earl, in replj^, said the 

 question of adding to their museum was one which would no 

 doubt receive the earnest consideration of the Council. How 

 far the funds of the Institution would justify the purchase of 

 the land was a matter which would receive the attention of 



